Negative aspects of online reviews
You have to treat reviews which have been posted on the Internet with some caution. They often include only part of the entire review and the views of the individual reviewer are unlikely to have been through a rigorous editorial process, unlike print journals.
It is also possible to review extracts of audio/visual materials using the Internet, again candidates should return to the stock selection policy for guidance prior to purchase.
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Go to the Guardian's website http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/ and compare one of the reviews with the book blurb on the publisher's website or another review on the same title. Look at style, content, detail and overall conclusion of the reviews with a view to their helpfulness within stock selection. |
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